Naomi Lawrie
Partner. Melbourne.
+61 3 9672 3215 | naomi.lawrie@corrs.com.au | vCardNaomi is no stranger to high profile mergers and acquisitions with big price tags.
She has advised on some of Australia’s most prominent takeovers and acquisitions in the past decade: Foster’s acquisition of Southcorp, Southern Cross Media’s takeover of Austereo, the sale of GMACA’s lease portfolio to Macquarie - just to name a few.
Naomi is no stranger to high profile mergers and acquisitions with big price tags.
She has advised on some of Australia’s most prominent takeovers and acquisitions in the past decade: Foster’s acquisition of Southcorp, Southern Cross Media’s takeover of Austereo, the sale of GMACA’s lease portfolio to Macquarie - just to name a few.
Her particular strength lies in corporate mergers and acquisitions, with strong experience in takeovers and schemes of arrangement.
In addition, Naomi also advises on private acquisitions and disposals, corporate restructures, equity raisings, ASIC and ASX regulatory work, and general corporate and commercial transactions.
Naomi's Expertise
- $740 million takeover of Austereo Group Limited Advised Southern Cross Media on its $740 million takeover bid of Austereo Group.
- $1 billion sale of GMACA assets to Macquarie Advised GMAC Australia LLC on the sale of a portfolio of auto finance leases to Macquarie Bank – a major part of GMACA’s strategy to exit the Australian market.
- Sale of a 50% interest in DMG Australian Radio to Illyria Acted for DMG Radio and General Trust PLC in respect of the sale to Illyria (Lachlan Murdoch’s investment vehicle) of a major interest in DMG’s Australian Radio business.
- Southern Cross Broadcasting (Australia) Ltd merger with Macquarie Bank Acted for Southern Cross Broadcasting in its recommended merger, by way of scheme of arrangement, with Macquarie Media Group.
- Acquisition and restructure of Rubicon European One of the partners advising on the acquisition and restructure by Global Asset Capital of the Rubicon European property trust group.
- Foster’s $3.2 billion takeover of Southcorp Acted for Foster’s Group Limited in its successful $3.2 billion takeover of Southcorp Limited.
What others say
- “Receptive, responsive and dedicated.”
- “Sensational – not just from a quality of work perspective but in her approach to add value.”